Google Docs gives you 1GB of space to store anything, and Dropbox offers at least 2GB. What if you're on a public computer or other web-only interface and need to save a file found online? It's actually just a copy-paste maneuver.

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As the Tech-Recipes blog explains, upload-friendly sites like Google Docs don't look like they can take files directly from anywhere else on the internet, but they can. Right-click on the file you want to save for later and select "Copy link location" (or a similar command). In Docs (or Dropbox, or elsewhere), click the "Select files to upload" option, then Ctrl+V paste that location you copied into the "File name:" box. It might take a minute while the servers talk to each other across your computer, but your file will eventually be ready for uploading (actually, side-loading). Note that this may not work for Flash-based uploaders, but most sites, including Dropbox, have a link or button to change back to a "Basic" uploading tool.